Abeka English 12 Test 1 (Literature and Grammar) – Flashcards
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Character: Sir John Greame
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Bonny Barbara Allen
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Character: Mary and Joseph
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The Cherry-Tree Carol
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The first literature of the Anglo-Saxons was
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poetry
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Everyman was surprised by the visit of
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Death
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The first English poet whose name is known is
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Caedmon
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The last enemy that Beowulf slays is the
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dragon
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'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' was written by
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The Pearl Poet
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Everyman's friend ______ is willing to go with him after death
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Good-deeds
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______ wrote 'Morte Darthur'
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Sir Thomas Malory
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What happened when the sword Excalibur was thrown into the water?
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A hand caught it
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What is the name of a short, narrative folk song?
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popular ballad
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Identify the movable platform upon which many plays were produced during the medieval period
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pageant
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Name the kind of play that is based upon the legends of the saints
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miracle plays
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Name a kind of writing that is based upon the adventures of knights
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medieval romance
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Who is the father of English prose
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John Wycliffe
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Which kind of play is based upon Biblical subjects
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mystery play
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What is a short tale or anecdote told to teach a lesson?
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exemplum
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Who wrote 'Ecclesiastical History of the English People?'
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The Venerable Bede
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Character: Hrothgar
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Beowulf
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strong metaphorical expression
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kenning
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an Anglo-Saxon poet
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scop
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stressing certain syllables or words
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accent
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A pause or break in a line of peotry
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Caesura
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Theme: The love of money is the root of all evil
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'The Pardoner's Tale'
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greatest Anglo-Saxon poem
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Beowulf
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"
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"Since my love died for me to-day I'll die for him to-morrow."
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'Bonny Barbara Allen'
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"I charge thee, to receive such a blow As thou hast dealt. Thou deservest to Be promptly paid on New Years Morn"
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'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'
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"They made a paction tween them twa, They made it firm and sure, That the first word whaeer shold speak, Should rise and bar the door."
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'Get Up and Bar the Door'
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"At night there came into that hostelry Full nine and twenty in a company Of sundry folk, by chance together were In fellowship; and pilgrims, too, they were That on to Canterbury meant to ride."
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'The Canterbury Tales'
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Character: Wiglaf
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Beowulf
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Character: King Arthur
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Morte Darthur
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Character: Sir Bedevere
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Morte Darthur
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Character: Three men looking for death
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The Pardoners Tale
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What peom shows the irony of a seaman looking for the sea despite the hardships
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Sew- Farer
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What poem shows that a worm can destroy the words of great men
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Bookworm
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Essay: GIVE FOUR TRADITIONAL QUALITIES OF AN EPIC. INCLUDE THE TITLE OF THE OLDEST SURVIVING EPIC OF ANY GERMANIC PEOPLE, AND EXPLAIN HOW THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THAT EPIC EXEMPLIFIES AN ANGLO-SAXON HERO.
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Beowulf is the oldest surviving epic and it tells the story of a man who struggles against three monstrous and mysterious incarnations of evil. The qualities of an epic are: 1) great national hero, 2) lofty language, 3) supernatural elements, and 4) expresses the fight between good and evil
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"Until we meet again" is the MEANING of what German phrase?
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PN
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I found the assignment DIFFICULT to understand.
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OC
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Could you understand his ACCOUNT of the incident?
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PA
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The principal gave CHLOE a plaque for her outstanding performance in debate.
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IO
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Abhor that which is EVIL; cleave to that which is good. - Rom. 12:9
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PA
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Says something about the subject
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(I) Predicate
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Contains one main clause and one or more dependent clauses
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(C) Complex Sentence
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Joins words or groups of words
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(D) Conjunction
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Completes the meaning begun by the subject and verb
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(B) Complement
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Is used as an exclamatory word
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(F) Interjection
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Shows how a noun or pronoun is related to some other word in the sentence
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(J) Preposition
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Takes the place of a noun
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(K) Pronoun
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Is sometimes needed in addition to the direct object to complete the sense of the verb
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(H) Objective Compliment
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Gives a command or makes a request
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(E) Imperative Sentence
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May modify and adjective
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(A) Adverb
